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inconvenience and have determined that the only real fix would be to relocate the website, which I may do at some point in
the future.

My name is Lee Bridge Cognetta. I am one of
many Barnfather descendants who have been researching the Barnfather name for several years now.

I
conduct a 'One Name Study' of the surnames BARNFATHER, BAIRNSFATHER & BANFATHER that is registered with The Guild
of One Name Studies (GOONS).

Although this website is devoted to the surname Barnfather, I am always happy to hear from Bairnsfather
and Banfather descendants. As you will see in the information about our DNA study on the Bulletin Board page,
it certainly appears that we are all related!

I
have created this site to help you find your link to the many other Barnfathers who are also researching their roots. You
will find family trees for Barnfather families from many locations in England, Australia, the US and Canada.

Information here will change from time
to time, so do check back often.

If you have comments or questions about
this website or about your Barnfather heritage, please email me or leave a note on the Guestbook found at the bottom of
the BULLETIN BOARD page. I look forward to hearing from you.

John Barnfather of Butterburn

OUR CRUMBLING HERITAGEDuring the 2009 Barnfather Reunion, we spent some time in the graveyard at Lanercost
Abbey. It is appalling to see how much deterioration of the headstones has taken place in the time since the first Reunion
in 2000. Fortunately, many of the headstones have been transcribed and indexed, but these treasures are rapidly being
lost to us. The photo to the right shows the condition of the headstone of John Barnfather of Butterburn, who died in
1828.

For more information on this matter, please visit the CAN YOU HELP page using the link above.

THE BARNFATHER DNA PROJECT

Are the BARNFATHERS descended from the Norwegian Vikings? From the Danish Vikings? From both??

Is there
a connection among the BARNFATHERS, BAIRNSFATHERS and BANFATHERS?

Modern technology now makes it possible for us to
find answers to these questions and I am pleased to say that we have had some eager volunteers to help us get to the bottom
of this matter.

The BARNFATHER VIKING DNA PROJECT took place several years ago with the assistance of representatives of the
BARNFATHER, BAIRNSFATHER and BANFATHER families and in conjunction with the Viking DNA studies then being conducted by
University College London.

THE fascinating results can be seen on the BULLETIN BOARD PAGE. Just follow the link above.

Please do visit my pages for IN MEMORIAM, BARNFATHER FAMILY TREES, BARNFATHER WILLS & MISCELLANEA,
THE BARNFATHER BULLETIN BOARD, BARNFATHER FACTS & FIGURES and US BARNFATHERS. Just click on those titles at the top of
this page.

To search the great volume of data (parish records, census records, etc.) that has been posted to
the BARNFATHER MAILING LIST, at Rootsweb, just follow the link to BARNFATHER ARCHIVES below.

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WHAT'S NEW AT BARNFATHER CENTRAL?

Pre-1837 Yorkshire baptisms/burials/marriages
are now being added to the Barnfather Facts & Figures page.

Cheshire & Lancashire Barnfather
data is being added to the Barnfather Facts & Figures page. Note that much of this isnot
included on the IGI.

Barnfather Marriage Bonds are
being added to the Marriage Bonds/Witnesses & Witnesses to Probate Page.

London area pre-1837 burials
are being added to the Facts & Figures page.

A Christmas card from an Easington
Lane Barnfather to his future bride. See the Memorabilia page for some lovely photos.

New information has been
received concerning the identities of 2 Barnfathers depicted on the Can You Help page. One blank has been filled in
- can you help with the other?

Who was Jenet Barnfather, the
first Barnfather tenant at Hardhurst Farm in Lanercost, Cumberland? Please see the Research Wish List on the Research
Issues page for some discussion of this matter.

Marriages through 1836 is now
an ongoing project

Visit the CAN YOU HELP? page
to read about the mystery of the connection of Sir Simon Heward, a noted surgeon who died in Carlisle, Cumberland, in 1846,
to the Barnfathers of Brampton.

Please visit the BARNFATHER
MARRIAGE WITNESSES & PARTIES TO PROBATE page and find Barnfathers who witnessed marriages or were named in non-Barnfather
wills. Click on the link above.

Canadian births/deaths/marriages are being added to the BARNFATHER
FACTS & FIGURES page. Click on the link above.

Marriages at Gretna Green are being added to the BARNFATHER FACTS
& FIGURES page. Click on the link above.

BARNFATHER FAMILY REUNIONS

Every two years, Barnfathers from
around the world get together
to share family history and to get to know one another.

Barnfather 2013 will be held in Norwich, Norfolk,
England. More details will be posted on the Bulletin Board page (see the link above).

BARNFATHER 2011

The latest Barnfather family reunion was held at
Beverley, Yorkshire, and was a wonderful event. We enjoyed exploring Beverley and Hull and our Gala Dinner at Rowley
Manor was extraordinary. We were delighted to have members of the Baronsfeather/Bairnsfather family with us.